Printing-machine.



B. F. JOLINE.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 020.121.1915.

Patented Oct. 24,1916.

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PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0mm. 1915.

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B. F. JOLINE.

' PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILE-ID 05021.1915.

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BENJAMIN F. 301513178. 01? TUIITEIQVILLE. NEW "SE'ORK,

'ibT 01% TO THE JULINE GORPORATID N, F NEW YORK, N. 55.. it CGH'POE-ATIOIQ" OF IIEVJ YGRK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (let. llt 'ittl.

Application filed December 21, 1915. fiSerial No. 67,965.

To aZlw/wm it may concern.

lie it known that l, lBnxJaMiN l Joilinn. a citizen of the United States, residing at Tottenville, in-the county-of Richmond and State of New Yorkfhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printingdo'declare the following to Machinesyand ll be a full, true, and exact description of the said invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to I make and use the same.

This invention relates to a printing ma-' chine in which a relatively small number of printing forms, words, letters or figures, or any of them, are mounted on movable supports in order to bring them into selected groups desired for the purpose of printing any desired line of words or figures. Such a construction is particularly adapted for use in writing the amounts to be paid on checks or the like.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple and eilicient mecl'n'inism in which the different words may be readily grouped by the operator as desired.

llith this and i in view. my invention. consists o; :1 XlOHEl features of construction, combinalaon and arrangement of parts as will he more fully described and pointed out in tl c appended claims.

in the drawings. Figure 1 is a front ele vation of one form oil my novel mechanism which I have selected for purposes oi illustration, such machine being in this instance, a device particularly adapted for printing the exact amount in words and figures for which a check is drawn. l lg. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional eleva- 'tion of Fig. 1 taken on an il'l'02;l.'ilfi,l line running alonn'or in front oil the line 3-5l of Fig. 5:;Fig l. is a bolt lLW of Pig. 3 is a sectional fe -5 of Fig. 1,; l t" is an cuhirged view of the detent shown in Fig. 5: Fig. 7 an enlarg'ed iew of the sent supports on the line 'i-*-;-7. lt; and f) are enlarged views showiii ely the end and the side view .ieel in the act of printin on: an alternative form meat shown in. l 9.

porting a split bearing 12 which carries one end of a lined shaft 13. it screw 1.4: serves to clamp the split bearing. A web 15 extend from the support 10 to the bearing 12 to support various parts of the mechanism as will be pointed out hereafter.

On. the shaft 13 is rotatably mountcda member 16 having a hub 17. A plate 18 held by the screws 19. by engagement in a groove in the end of the shaft 13, serves to hold the member 16 against longitudinal motion. The member 16 carries preferably a plurality t it irinting segments numbered 2l26 respectively, although it will be understood that for some purposes only one of these segments will be needed. Each of these segments is supported on the hub 17 of the member ll'i so that it maybe moved longitudinally of the axis of member 13. litany forms, of construction ma} be adopted to enable this to be done. but preferably l provide eachol the segments 2l--r26 with an axle 27 which lies in a half-round slot milled across the circumterenre oi the hub l7 as shown best in Figs. and 7. This hub is also slotted longitlulinallv to per-nut the lower ends oi the segments to swing therein. its a convenient means for preventing the axles 27 "from falling: out of the slots in the hub ll. 1 provide a sleeve 28 which lits over the hub 17 and over the tops of the axles 27 to hold the latter in plac From the foregoing description. it will be seen that each of the segments is mounted on a shaft or axle held rigidlytto the hub 17. At 27 of Fig. 7

have shown a slight y modified form of this support in which. it necessary, two printing segments may be aim-ported on i e V J.

single shaleor 2l"lt-. T is special a! is cur red.

J he a ales *ovidcd lines of as shown in l. fl. prefers lel, ters of the orcinarv type c' llncl.

of the printing pawl or dci l. with notches in the that segments 529. peldlr rably en a any given position to which they may be moved. For purposes of moving them, each of the segments is provided witha projection carrying a combined handle and index pointer 30 which projects through a slot in the cover 31. the cover. carrying adjacent each of the slots appropriate markings to indicate the matter on the printing surface of the printing segments which-has been brought into printing relation when the handle index has been moved to one of the.

markings on the cover 31. Preferably to prevent any shake or loosenesson the axle 27 in the direction of its length I provide side bearings for the printing segmentssuch as the curved arms 32 projecting from and connected to the member 16. These surfaces are finished so that the arm segments slide between them with a sufficiently tight fit to prevent the segn'ients from rocking sidewise on their axles.

The segments '-2l2t3 and the. rotatable member 16 together constitute a printing wheel which prints by rotating the member 113. Such rotation may, be obtained by any suitable means such as a handled-33 connected to the cover 31 and through that to the member 1G. The printing i'sefi'ected by rotating the printing surfaces on this printing wheel in contact with an impression member such as the wheel 34 to be more fully described hereafter. This in'ipression (.1ember is preferably located in a plane passing through the axles 27 at right angles to the shaft 1 and any desired combination of the words on the segments 21' it) may be obtained by moving each of the segments until the appropriate word thereon is in such plane. Then on rotation of the member 16 by the handle 33 these words, brought into printing relation,

will be printed on a sheet passing between the printing wheel and the impression member, Obviously it is desirable that when such printing is taking place, each of the printing surfaces on the respective segments shall form part of a circle having the. center of the shaft 11-) as its center. For that reason the printing surfaces on the segments 21-2t3 are curved in the direction longitudinal of their axles 27 on a radius equal to the sum of the radius of the printing surface from the axle 2T aml the distance between the center of the axle '37 and the center of the shaft; 13. Such a curve wilh of course. respond to the condition provided above: ,that is to say. when such a surface is swung into the line 3 3 of Fig. 5. itwill form part of a circle having the centerof the shaft 13 as its center. With the segments thus curved. it is obvious that by moving the handle index 30 in an appropriate manner any given line to be printed may be brought into the plane passing through Pi -I3 of Fig. 5, and when the member 113 is rotated by the handle 33 these printing surfaces on the segments will projection 45 on the base 10.

have the relation indicated in the partial section of Fig. 9.

\Vhile the impression member may be of any suitable form, 1 preferably make it in the form of a roller or wheel as shown particularly at 3 c of Fig. Preferably l mount this roller or wheel on a yoke 35 pivoted at 36 on the support It). and beneath the upper surface or platform thereof. This yoke 35 is held upward by spring 37 on a screw 38, but the upward motion of the "roller 34. is limited by the adjusting screw 39. It will be seen from this construction that the wheel 3% is rotatably mounted and is held in contact with the printing surfaces yieldingly but in 'such a way that when the surfaces are out of contact, spring 37 may not move it unduly upward. I have also constructed. it consists of a relatively rigidclamp 45 pivotally connected at +6 to the support 10 and normally pressed downward in contact with the support 10 or some portion thereof by a coil spring 47. Preferably I make this clamp 45 segmental in cross section and cause it to engage with a segmental This paper clamp is provided so as to hold the paper just in advance of the printing point of the -machine. 1 provide a handle is pivoted at it) as a convenient means for opening the. paper clamp to insert a new sheet. This handle 18 engages with a projection on the clamp 45 extending to the rear of the pivot -16 am] through the web 1? For some purposes 1 also provide a projection 50 on the cover 51 which acts as a cam to strike a prowheel is brought to the position shown in Fig. l and thus open the paper clamp. In order to prevent smearing of the sheet being printed by any of the printing surfaces other than those selected. 1 provide a guard 53 of a very light sheet metal. preferably brass, which is connected at one end to the clamp 45. and which is provided with a slot 31 through which the impression wheel ill may extend. This guard 52, prevents any of the printing surfaces on the segments, except the one in line with the impression memher 33 i. from ttn ching the sheet being printed.

As a means for inking the type surfaces. 1 provide the felt wheel 55 which may be charged with suitable ink and which is ro- ICC jtt'tiuH-52 on the clamp l3 when the printing than.

tatabl mounted on a screw 56 iii the member 57. This latter member is provided with a socket into which projects a shaft 58 which is held therein by a thumb screw 59. The shaft on passes through an elongated hole in the web 15 and is held pivotally therein by the screw (30. (through a spring (it acting against a plate (32 connected to the shaft 5H the inking wheel 55 is held yieldingly against the printing surfaces as the latter pass it during the printing operalhroiigh the connection 59 the printing wheel 56 and the member 57 may be readily removed from the liltICllil'lG/SO as to charge the lll'llltlltj wheel with a fresh supply of ink.

it is preferable that the printing wheel be held in a fixed non-printing position after the printing operation is completed, but before the next operation is begun. This brings the indiees always in a definite relation to the operator, and at thesame frees the platform 10 so that the printed sheet may be reiiiored and a new one inserted ready for the next operation. To this end l provide the detent device, which, for the purposes of illustration, is shown as a round headed pin (33 working in a socket li-lt connected to the web 15 and thrown forward by a spring 65. The rear of the cover 51 is provided with a hole with which the pin (l3 engages when the wheel is in the desired non-printing position. To

facilitate. the entry of the pin 63 as the wheel isroinpleting its printing stroke, I provide the incline surface 66 in the cover 51 which leads to the hole in the 'cover- 51 engaged by the pin 63. As ready means for operating this detent, I provide the rod 67 supported in suitable hearings in the member 16 and the cover 31, and provided with the head 68 adjacent to the handle The operator with the knuckle of one of. the fingers of the hand engaging the handle 33 may readily push the. rod (37 inward and thus cause its'end to engage with the end of the pin 63 to move the latter backward far enough to push it out of the hole in the cover 5]., thus freeing the printing wheel. As the wheel is rotated in the printing operation, the knuckle will he remm'edfroin the head so that as the wheel completes one rotation. the detent hole in the cover Iii, partial second rotation thereof or rotation backward until the rod (37 is again operated.

it will be understood that in printing certaiii forms, particularly the amounts of will fall into the checks, a series of wordsiniist be provided to enable. the writing of all amounts up to any desired limit.

The machine which I have illustrated capable of writingany amount up to $999.90. If any greater amounts are desired to be written, additional segments can be provided for that time,

' per to be removed.

and thus prevent a between the words regardless of whether one or more of the segments. are moved so that its surfaces are out of printing relatiOlL' In Fig. 2, I have shown the machine set up to print"Two hundred twenty two dollars 22 cents.

teens segment is of its'printing lation.

It will be noted that the surfaces are in printing relVith thesegments in these positions, the clamp 45 is raised or is held open bythe projection 50. if the latter is provided, so that the check may be inserted between the jaws of the clamp and oven-the printing member 34, the guide 40 having been properly positioned to locate the edge of the check. Now the head ($8 on the pin 67 is paper with a proper space By my novel device I have j thrown back so that nonepiished inward and the wheel freed so that it may be rotated in the direction of the arrow on 1 by means of theliandle 33. As soon as the printing surface Two hundred on the first segment contacts with the paper, the impression member 34' begins to turn with it and the paper is fed along until the end of the printing surface Two hundred is reached. Then furtherinotion. of the paper stops, since it is held by the clamp 4.5 which has been closed at the time the printing wheel began its rotation. The paper remains stationary until the next printing surface, in this instance Twenty, contacts with the paper, when the operation is repeated, the word Twenty being printed and the sheet being fed through while the surface and the impression member 34 are in contact. The paper remainsstationary while the teens segment is passing, since obviously there is nothing to contact with the impression member 34, to cause the pa- The same operation is followed with each of the printiiig surfaces and printing members in printing relation. It will thus be seen that the paper is moved. only when a printing surface. is'in printing relation and is held stationary during the 'iiilthe form which Ihave chosen ,for purposes of:illustration-by the fact that be:

caiisethe paper necessarily has "some thick-- printing segness, it will contact with the ment and the impression member before and after the line connecting the centers of these members is reached. Thisis-ciearly-illustrated in Fig. 9 in which it is shbwn'that if the impression member 34: were in contact with the printing surface-on the segment 32 I the paper would contactjwitheach of these members along the line 69, and obviously would continue to contact with them until serves to limit thenpward motion of the impression member 3 after one segment has passed out of contact with it and before the next one reaches it. If desired, additional motion can be given to the paper by modifying the character of the surface of the impression member 34, as, for instance, by making this surface of a yielding character. Such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 10 in which the surfaces areshown to be in con tact between the lines 69 and 70. Paper passing between such rollers would be given a motion in addition to that shown in Fig. 9, due to the yielding character of the surface.

As shown best in Fig. i), by curving the clamping jaws $5, I secured a much more substantial hold on the sheet than I would if the surfaces were flat, and on the other hand, have a means which will permit the check to be drawn through the jaws without undue resistance. If the radius of the printing wheel on the plane 3- 3 of Fig. 5 is relatively large, the printing surfaces may be curved on a radius struck from the axles 27' without unduly affecting theprinting. The best results are obtained, however, if these printing surfaces are flat in the direction of the axis of the shaft 13, so that whenv brought into printing relation, as shown in Fig. 8, they constitute a flat printin form. It will be understood that the ax es 27 may be located in any suitable place. Moreover, the segments 21-26 may be mounted on slides having a center in the axis of the shaft 13. In such case, the whole contour of the machine would be generally spherical instead of oblate spheroid, as shown in the illustrated arrangement. It will also be understood that while preterably I use the rotary impression member 34, any other suitable impression member may be substituted therefor, and that for some purposes, the surface of the support 10 alone will be suflicient.

I claim:

i. In a printing machine, an impression member, a rotatable number, a plurality of axles in said rotatable ..icnibcr in a plane at right angles to the axis of said rotatable member and each of said axles making an angle with the adjacent axles, a printing segment rotatably mounted on each of said axles mounted in rotation of said rotatable'mcmber, each of:

said segments being provided with a plurahty of printing forms spaced apart longitudinally of the axis of said rotatable memb and curved at right angles to said axis so that when a form is brought into a plane at right angles to said axis and extending through said impression member, said form will form an arc of a circle having said axis as its center, a handle for each segment whereby it may be swung on its axle, and a detent for each segment to hold it in adjusted position.

2. In a printing machine, an impression member, a rotatable hub, a plurality of said hub in a plane at right angles to the axis-of said hub, each of said axles making an angle with the adjacent axle, a curved printing member having a plurality of printing forms spaced apart longitudinally of the axis of said hub and curved so as to form an arc of a circle having the said axis as its center, when the form lies in a plane passing through said impression member at right angles to said axis, a curved cover connected to said hub and extending over said segments and having an opening in the plane passing through said impression member at right angles to the axis of said hub, a detent for each segment mounted on said cover and constructed and arranged to hold said segment in adjusted position, and a handle connected to each segment and extending through a. slot in said cover, said cover being provided with marks adjacent each of said slots, whereby the form on each segment in printing position to cooperate with said impression member is indicated.

3. In a printing machine. an impression member, a. rotatable hub, a plurality oi? axles in said hub adjacent the axis thereof and in a plane at right angles to the axis thereof, each of said axles making an angle with the adjaccnt axlc. aml a printing seg ment having a rclativcly long radius rotatahly mounted on cach of said axles, each of said axles lacing positioned so lhat the segment mounted thereon may swing in a. plane radial to the axis of said huh.

4. In a printing machine. an imprc.-'sion member. a rotatable hub. a plurality of axles in said hub in a plane at right angles to the axis of said hub and each tangent to a circle having said axis as a center. aml a printing scgmcnt rotatably mounted on cach ol said axles. each of said scgmcnl's bcing curved longitudimdly of said axis to form an arc of a circle with the axle of lhc scgmcnt as a center. the length of said radius being greater than the distance bctn'ccn llic axis of said hub and the centers of said axles.

incense 5. In a printing machine, an impression membena rotatable hub, a plurality of axles in said hub in a plane at right angles to the ilXlSdllQY-QOf, a printin segment on each of said axles, the distance between the printi g surface of each segment and its axle bei g greater than the distance between the axle and the axis of said hub, each of said seg ments being of approximately the same length and the printing surfaces thereon being curved to form an arc of a circle passing through said impression member at right angles to said axis.

6. la a printing machine, an impression member, a rotatable hub, a plurality of axles in said hub in a plane at right angles to the axis thereof, a printing segment on each of said axles, the distance between the printing surface of each segment and its axle being greater than the distance between the axle and the axis of said hub, each of said segments being of approximately the same length and the printing surfaces thereon being curved to form an arc of a circle passing through said impression member at right angles to said axis, and the printing surfaces of said segments extending around said axis orer an arc of not less than 180 degrees.

7. ln a printing machine, a rotatable hub having a slot extending inwardly from its surface and extendingin a plane at right angles to the axis of said hub, an axle in said slot, a printing member mounted on said axle and means to' hold said axle in said slot. 1 i

8. In a printing machine, a rotatable member having ahub, a plu 'ality of axles, each in a slot in said hub extending in a plane at right angles to the axis of said rotatable member, a sleeve extending over said axles for holding them in said slots, and a printing member mounted on each of said axles.

9. lo a printing maohine,a rotatable hub having a slot extending inwardly from its surface and extending in a plane at right angles to the. axis of said hub, an axle in said slot, a plurality of printing members, movable independently of each other, on said axle. and means for holding said axle in. said slot.

ill. in a printing machine, a rotatable hub having a slot extending inwardly from its surface and extending in a plane at right angles to the axis of said hub, an axle in said slot. a printing member mounted on said axle and having a printing surface thereon. means to hold said axle in said slot, and a guide connected to said hub and con iacting with said member between its printing surface and its axle, and adapted to prevent motion of said surface longitudinally of said uxlc.

11, ln a printing machine, a rotatable printing wheel having printing surfaces extending'around a portion only' of the cir cumference of said Wheel, an impression member to coiiperate with said surfaces, a handle whereby said wheel may be rotated, a detent to lock said wheel in non-printing position with its printing surfacesout of contact with said impression member, and means adjacent said handle to throw out said detent when it is desired to rotate said Wheel.

12. ln a printing machine, a fixed shaft, a support for said shaft at one end thereof, a printing wheel on said shaft luu'ing printing surfaces extending around a portion only of the. circumference of said wheel, a handle on said wheel on the side opposite said support, a detent constructed and arranged to engage said wheel and said supportand to lock. said wheel in non'printing position witlrits printing surfaces out of contact with said impression member and'a device extending through said wheel from a point adjacent said handle, constructed and arranged to throw out said detent when it is desired to rotate said wheel. 1

13. In a printing machine, a rotatable printing-wheel having printing surfaces extending around a portion only of the circumference of said wheel, an impression member to coiiperate with said surfaces, a handle whereby said wheel may be rotated and a detent to lock said wheel in non-printing position with its printing surfaces out of contact with said impression. member, a paper clamp to hold the sheet to be printed and means connected to said wheel to open said clamp when said wheel is locked. against rotation.

14. ln a printing machine. a printing wheel having printing surfaces thereon, an impression member coiiperating therewith and a yielding clamp for a sheet passing between said wheel and said member, the jaws of said clamp being constructed and arranged to bend the paper between them in the direction of the feed of the sheet.

15. in a printing machine, a printing wheel having printing surfaces thereon, an impression wheel coiipcrating therewith, a sheet support for a sheet passing between said printing wheel and said impression member and a sheet guard of flexible matcvial arranged to hold the sheet down on said support, said guard having an opening through which said impression wheel may extend.

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llitnesses (lrxoucn l SCULL, Louisa lrl. llamas. 

